The 2023 Belt and Road Youth Sports Exchange Week (Jiangsu) opened in Huai'an City on May 27.

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As part of the opening ceremony, international students from Xuzhou University of Technology, including those from Comoros, Togo, Benin and Thailand, performed a captivating dragon dance.

The program was initiated in 2020 by the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, and the Foreign Affairs Office of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government.

Nearly 300 students from 48 countries and regions are participating in the latest session, which includes the 3×3 basketball invitational, outdoor sports challenges, youth orienteering camps and other activities.